6 August 2019
Curriculum Report – Mathematics
Focus
Programme
What sort of things did the students do over the last 12 months (since the last report) - to advance that vision.
Junior Syndicate: Maths PLD with facilitator Dianne Ogle continues with the focus continuing on teaching and learning maths through problem solving. Junior teachers are still very much teaching number knowledge, but bringing the teaching of number knowledge through in strand work also. Children continue to work in mixed ability grouping. Teachers continue to plan collaboratively at syndicate meetings with more rich conversations around children’s thinking and learning in maths happening as teachers own content knowledge around the big ideas are growing also.
Assessment Procedures
Photos to document learning and progress. Numeracy Framework beginning to be used find students overall curriculum level
JAM – JAM for years 1-3 taken twice a year with results recorded on Etap
Gloss and NUMPA for Year 4
PAT testing at the end of the year
We are becoming familiar with using the Numeracy Framework to find students overall curriculum level.
Senior Syndicate:
NUMPA and Gloss recorded on eTap, I Can Sheets, Observational assessment in modelling books. We are beginning to use the Numeracy Framework to find students overall curriculum level.
Trend Analysis
Term 2 2019 shows that more junior children are on their way to reaching their expected curriculum level by the end of their second year at school. We have 7% working above expected level. Looking at current data we should have most children at expected curriculum level for year 1 & 2 by the end of the year.
Term 2, 2019 looks likely that most Year 3 and 4 children will be operating within Level 2 by the end of the year.
By the time students get to Year 6 they are mostly at and above. Currently 70% of the senior syndicate is working at Level 2 to early Level 3. This is encouraging given that we would hope Year 6’s are at Level 3 by the time they leave.
Students and Groups of Students at risk
Teaching and learning strategies to address the above
Junior Syndicate: Front loading. More problem solving using maths language and real life contexts. Exposure throughout the day, integrating into other curriculum areas and Discovery Time. Giving opportunities to explain thinking. Children are being targeted if they are showing a lack of understanding of the daily concepts being taught, more teacher time is given to these children to help understand and grasp specific content that the child is struggling with
Middle Syndicate: Students are observed during maths problem solving time. These students are noted and subsequent sessions are run to go over new learning or further practice. Some children have been selected as part of a targeted teaching group to work for a short time each day so the knowledge, maths language and possible strategies can be front loaded prior to the class session. Practical and real life problems are integrated into every maths lesson.
Senior Syndicate: Students are observed during maths problem solving time. These students are noted and subsequent sessions are run to go over new learning or further practice. During these sessions students are front loaded with knowledge, vocab and basic skills. Practical and real life problems are integrated into every maths lesson.
Additional learning needs and Special Rights: Extra support for students, teachers and teacher aides is accessed through learning support and RTLB so differentiated learning can then be considered and planned for in maths. IEP’s also provide opportunity for maths learning needs to be considered under The NZ curriculum and Te Whāriki using hands on learning, equipment and experiences with 1-1 support.
Looking Ahead
Junior Syndicate: Continuing to work with /Ali/Diane on using mixed ability grouping, teaching through problem solving and children being aware of where they are, where they are going and how to get there. More exposure to maths language and explaining their thinking so as they move up the school hopefully children will make better transitions into the different levels with maths as they will understand the language and thinking better
Middle Syndicate: Continuing to work with Diane and Ali to build teacher capability and confidence in both planning and teaching. Refining the mixed ability grouping to ensure the children are sharing their thinking and taking turns to record and explain. Continuing to teach the strands by integrating them into the problem solving.Continuing to share with children where they are, where they are going and how they can get there.
Senior Syndicate:
Strategies needed to move Senior students at Stage 4
(Games, Rapid Recall, Growth Mindset, Traits of Mathematicians)
Continuing to integrate Strands within number teaching
Continuing to work with Diane on using mixed ability grouping, teaching through problem solving and children being aware of where they are, where they are going and how to get there.